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warehouse lending activities in the

United States, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(1).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 29, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17743 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Announcement of Board

Approval Under Delegated Authority

and Submission to OMB

SUMMARY:

Background. Notice is hereby given of

the final approval of a proposed

information collection by the Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System (Board) under OMB delegated

authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB

Regulations on Controlling Paperwork

Burdens on the Public). Board-approved

collections of information are

incorporated into the official OMB

inventory of currently approved

collections of information. Copies of the

OMB 83-Is and supporting statements

and approved collection of information

instrument(s) are placed into OMB’s

public docket files. The Federal Reserve

may not conduct or sponsor, and the

respondent is not required to respond

to, an information collection that has

been extended, revised, or implemented

on or after October 1, 1995, unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Financial Reports Section—Mary

M. McLaughlin—Division of Research

and Statistics, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)

OMB Desk Officer—Alexander T.

Hunt—Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room

3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-

395-7860)

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the implementation of the

following report:

1. Report title: Survey of Small Business

Finances

Agency form number: FR 3044

OMB Control number: 7100-0262

Frequency: one-time

Reporters: small businesses

Annual reporting hours: 6,100

Estimated average hours per response:

1

Number of respondents: 6,100

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 252, 1817(j), 1828(c), and 1841 et

seq.). Individual respondent data are

provided in a public-use file. However,

any information that could identify

respondent firms, or the financial

institutions that they use, will be

excluded from the public data set

pursuant to the Freedom of Information

Act (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4)).

Abstract: The FR 3044 will be similar

to the 1987 and 1993 National Surveys

of Small Business Finances (OMB Nos.

7100-0234 and 7100-0262, respectively).

In part, this survey is being conducted

to collect information needed to satisfy

the requirements of Section 2227 of the

Economic Growth and Regulatory

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. This

law requires the Board to conduct a

study and submit a report to the

Congress every five years ‘‘...detailing

the extent of small business lending by

all creditors....’’

The FR 3044 would gather data from

small businesses on their financial

relationships, credit experiences,

lending terms and conditions, income

and balance sheet information, the

location and types of financial

institutions used, and other firm

characteristics. In conjunction with

Board staff, a private survey firm would

conduct small focus groups to

investigate emerging issues in small

business finance and update the 1993

questionnaire. The survey firm would

then conduct two pretests with a

minimum of fifty small business firms

in each pretest. Following revisions to

the questionnaire, the survey would be

conducted by means of computerassisted telephone interviews with

approximately 6,000 randomly selected

small business firms. Interviewing

would likely commence in early 1999.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 29, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98-17744 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45AM]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

Section 3506(c)((2)((A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690–

6207.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Projects 1. A National

Assessment of Linguistically and

Culturally Appropriate Services in

Managed Care Organizations Serving

Racially and Ethnically Diverse

Populations—NEW—The Office of

Minority Health proposes to conduct a

mixed telephone and mail survey with

a national random sample of managed

care organizations serving racially and

ethnically diverse communities. The

survey will provide data on the

prevalence of policies and practices that

promote the delivery of linguistically

and culturally appropriate services by

managed care organizations, and the

factors that facilitate and detract from

the implementation of such policies and

practices. The data collected will inform

the Office of Minority Health about the

current nature and extent of such

services and identify ways in which

such efforts can be extended.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Non-profit organizations; Number

of Respondents: 320; Response per

Respondent: 3; Average Burden per

Response: 30 minutes; Total Burden:

480 hours.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens

Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue SW, Washington

DC, 20201. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 98–17786 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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